I. verb
1.
Synonyms: speed 3, accelerate, hasten, quicken, shake up, step up, swiften
2.
to proceed or move with dispatch
hurry home after school
Synonyms: barrel, barrelhouse, beeline, bucket, bullet, bustle, ||dust, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, highball, hotfoot, hustle, ||nip, pelt, rock, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scour, ||skeet, skin, smoke, speed, stave, ||tatter, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip; compare rush 1
Related Word: jog, peg, skelp, trot; bowl (along), breeze; dig in; post
Idioms: get a move on, go ( or move) like lightning, make tracks, step on it, step on the gas
Contrasted words: creep, dally, dawdle, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, saunter, stroll
II. noun
Synonyms: haste 1, celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, hustle, rustle, speed, speediness, swiftness